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Any experience of penalty fares and the new Single Justice Pprocedure Notice?
I received a penalty fare for not having my season ticket with me after proactively approaching a ticket inspector. Long story, but the Notice was illegible(including the number), i couldnt get advice from the railco, appealled anyway, and since then have been a kafka-esque saga of "no-reply" correspondence. The railco…
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THIS is why I hate TFL!
Have some friends over this evening for drinks .... they’re from out of town staying at a Travelodge in Enfield. This morning the wife of the friend needed to meet a friend at Bruce grove station at 10am. She went to the TFL journey planner website to get a bus route. It gave her the route as 1 bus to Turkey Street then…
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Tyre pressure for bicycle
A hybrid bike if it makes a difference. Wife had a flat on hers & did a google search to find it 'should' be somewhere between 40psi-70psi. I had a look at the tyre & it said the max pressure for it was 45-80psi. It has one of those presta valves. I set to it pumping the thing up & i just can't get it over 30psi no matter…
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Revealed: Ten train firms charge you to get your lost property back - MSE News
At least ten train companies are charging passengers fees to reclaim their lost property, with some asked to pay up to £30 per item, a MoneySavingExpert investigation reveals. And at least three firms still confiscate 10% of the cash found in lost wallets despite another company recently being forced to scrap the policy…
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Cancelled train query
Hi all, Today I was meant to be selling stuff at the Malvern History Festival. Unfortunately my Oxford - Great Malvern train was cancelled due to a broken down train on a single stretch of track and when I told my boss I was told there wouldn't be any point in waiting for the next one as it would be too late so I'm out…
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Regulator investigates if customers had enough info during timetable chaos - MSE News
The rail regulator launched an investigation today into whether Govia Thameslink Railway and Northern broke rules about providing passengers with enough information, before and during May's timetable changes...Read the full story: 'Regulator investigates if customers had enough info during timetable chaos' Click reply…
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Split train tickets cannot get refund for cancellation
I recently bought train tickets for travel between Bridge of Allan and Newcastle from the ticket split web site trainsplit.com Unfortunately that was the day of storm Ally, so all trains in Central Scotland were cancelled. I took the tickets to a nearby station for a refund, they said I had to go to the vendor for a…
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Traveling to London for the weekend
have a trip to London in October, just one adult, is it cheaper to use normal contactless or Oyster card when using public transport?
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Rail passengers promised 'one-click' compensation for delays - MSE News
Rail passengers who suffer delays and disruption will be able to get compensation with just one click, the transport secretary has announced - but there's little detail yet on how or when it'll happen...Read the full story: 'Rail passengers promised 'one-click' compensation for delays' Click reply below to discuss. If you…
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Cheap train tickets to London for regular social events
My wife and I go to London about once a month on social occasions, we would like to go more often but the train fair including a travelcard for the underground (off peak) costs us £17.50 each travelling in from Maidenhead on FGW into Paddington. Does anyone know if First Great Western do annual social off peak annual deals…
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Cycle 2 Work scheme - cancelling ?
Hi there, I applied for the cycle 2 work through my employer on the 28/08/2018 and received my LOC - letter of collection on the 20/09/2018 which I havent used or now intend to - I bought a bike of a friend of mine thinking I'll just cancel this no problem :( Money started to be taken out of my wages on the 10/09/2018 @…
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TFL laughing all the way to the bank... again!
Was thinking of all the money TFL is saving by not having to run the Piccadilly Line. Will any commuters get any compensation for the service TFL are charging for but not providing? How much extra money will TFL make from payg users forced to get an additional bus to get to a working tube station?..... and back! Yet again…
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Not a rant about cyclists - just a question
https://postimg.cc/gallery/299f522k8/ So I drive to work because I have to. On the days I don't need the car I cycle and use the cycle lanes. I'm not precious about my bike and use it as I use the car, a tool to fulfil a function. For the past few days I have noticed what I would class as sporting cyclists using a…
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Commuting bike suggestion
#1 Hello everyone. This will be my first bike purchase and I don't have a large budget for it. Around $450-$550.. I will be looking on craigslist. I don't know much about bikes. My commute to work is about 5 miles and to school it is about 3 miles. The commute to work will be into the downtown area. So I don't need…
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Northern compensation scheme extended to non-season ticket holders - MSE News
Commuters who suffered disruption on Northern trains this summer but did not have a season ticket will be offered extra compensation...Read the full story: 'Northern compensation scheme extended to non-season ticket holders' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
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Train/Tube Fare Map
Hello fellow money-savers, I am a bit obsessed with saving money on train fares and I am also a software engineer who likes maps so I created http://faremap.ml . It is free/non-commercial and open-source and there's no affiliate links or ads or nonsense. Its purpose is to display UK train and Oyster fares on a colourful…
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Virgin Seat Sale
Any idea on when we can expect the next Virgin Seat Sale? They used to be at least three times a year, but I haven't seen one on standard seats in ages! There was one for first class travel a few months ago. I liked booking random trips away when the sale was on! :)
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Railway review launched after 'nobody took charge' during May's timetable fiasco - MSE News
A major review of Britain's railways has been launched after an investigation into the May timetable disruption found "nobody took charge" of the situation...Read the full story: 'Railway review launched after 'nobody took charge' during May's timetable fiasco' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the…
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Two Together Railcard
We bought a Two Together Railcard and have only used it probably twice, could we get a refund, whole or part, as we have not been able to use it to the extent we did with the previous year due to Strikes Cancellations etc:
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Train cancellations hit 900 a day as timetable changes bite - MSE News
Around 4.3% of trains were cancelled or part-cancelled in late spring and early summer, new stats obtained by MoneySavingExpert reveal - the highest such figure in at least six years...Read the full story: 'Train cancellations hit 900 a day as timetable changes bite' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already,…